Last night I was a guest on Fink Cards Facebook page, answering some questions on divorce and discussing my Talking To Children About Divorce conversational cards and upcoming new pack called Talking About Divorce – Legal Conversations launching this week and my Co- Parenting conversational pack launching in January. Here’s a recap of what we […]
Here is a recent Case Study: Sandra came to see me when she was 3 years into building her new life after her divorce but she was still traumatised by the financial meltdown her husband had left her in. She was still proving to herself that Mrs. Coker, her Maths teacher, was wrong when she […]
If you missed it, last night on Fink Conversation Cards Facebook page we held a special Divorce Q&A Special with a great mix of divorce specialists. We had Sue Atkins from Sue Atkins The Parenting Expert, Nicola Ingram from Family Advisory Bureau, Chris Longbottom from Shoosmiths, Aleks Binder from Dads For Life and Nicky […]
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I’ve been brainstorming ways to let parents, employers, schools, counsellors & divorce lawyers know about my ‘Talking To Children About Divorce’ workshops, 1-2-1 sessions and conversational cards & resources, but I need your help. Please tell everyone you know from family, friends to colleagues, teachers, employers, Health Visitors to Doctors about my simple but […]
I have launched a whole new series of Conversational Cards around Divorce for families and children called “Talking To Children About Divorce” which you can buy here so I was delighted to have been invited to The House of Commons on Monday night to launch Dialogue First – to discuss the impact of family breakdown on […]
As my regular readers know I am currently in India giving some parenting talks in Mumbai and Bangalore. I was recently interviewed by Yahoo Lifestyle India about my views on love, discipline and divorce. Here is the article: Sue Atkins is an internationally recognised Parenting Expert, […]
We are Not Meant To Do It All By Ourselves Going through a divorce is painful, frightening and emotionally exhausting and making meaningful changes in our lives can be tough when we try to do it all by ourselves. We had dreams when we got married, we had a vision of how our […]
Today The Times revealed a new distressing survey ‘The Shocking Cost of Divorce on Children.’ Divorce has a devastating impact on the children of divided couples, leading to poor examination results and driving them to abuse alcohol or drugs. Join me on live on Channel 5 News. Divorce is an ugly word. And when children are […]
I totally agree with pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith when he says businesses must be better at identifying people struggling with ‘family break up’ so they do not end up leaving work. Companies should intervene and help employees going through marital break ups to prevent them ‘crashing out’ of work and ending up on benefits, Iain Duncan […]
On Monday evening I had the pleasure of being invited to The Family Law Panel Westminster Forum at The House of Commons organised by the very wonderful OnlyMums & OnlyDads Community – they are the UKs foremost signposting service for single parents and those going through divorce / separation. The Family Law Panel, launched in June 2014 […]
I support women emotionally going through the harrowing time of divorce through my workshops, 1-2-1 personal coaching calls or group sessions but one area that is foremost on their mind and keeps them tossing and turning at night is how to handle their finances. Here is an article from an old school friend of mine […]
Learning to live by yourself after divorcing is not easy. It’s lonely, scary and uncomfortable at first and the reason I know is that I have been separated from my ex for over 3 years and while I adjusted to that easily, I found when my son left home and my daughter went back to […]
Today I dropped my son off at his University to join up with the other volunteers climbing Kilimanjaro for Child Reach International which raises money for disadvantaged children in Africa. It was a big moment. A big moment for him in excitement, and a big moment in mine as my son will return a […]
I read that the Chinese word for crisis combines the characters for danger & opportunity – now that’s a great definition of divorce !
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